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Apple will be hosting an event on March 9 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts theater in San Francisco. The invitation invites attendees to "spring forward," and given the reference to the beginning of Daylight Saving Time on March 8 and the proximity to April, it's a fair bet that the event will involve the Apple Watch.

Expect to hear final details about the Apple Watch, including more about its software, its battery life, and pricing for more models and bands. Apple often announces more than one product at these events, so some new Broadwell Macs could also be fair game.

The event begins at 10:00am Pacific. We'll be there on the ground to bring you the news as it happens.

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Andrew Cunningham
Andrew wrote and edited tech news and reviews at Ars Technica from 2012 to 2017, where he still occasionally freelances; he is currently a lead editor at Wirecutter. He also records a weekly book podcast called Overdue. Twitter@AndrewWrites

I don't fucking understand how I get an account a week banned for making valid discussion points, yet brain dead morons like this are allowed to reign free.

I guess it's because both them and the editor/writing team are all brain dead morons.

The ways of Ars are mysterious. I once got troll modded, and the independent lab I set the post to for analysis could not detect a single particle of trolling. They did detect an overabundance of snark however.

I don't fucking understand how I get an account a week banned for making valid discussion points, yet brain dead morons like this are allowed to reign free.

I guess it's because both them and the editor/writing team are all brain dead morons.

The Ars moderators seem to be "shoot first and ask questions later types" but it's nothing to get overly worked up about. Ars isn't everything and if you get banned you can always sign up for a new account

I just want an updated AppleTV. I want a 2nd one but I keep waiting for the next refresh that never seems to happen.

I waited a year for the refresh and then went ahead and bought the existing version. I am satisfied with the purchase. It does everything I need, if not everything I might wish.

I already have one that works great, I don't need another one but it would be convenient to have a 2nd one. At this point I'm just patiently waiting and hoping some of the rumors end up being true.

What would you refresh in an AppleTV though? It can serve the highest quality content that iTunes has right now, and Apple has the ability to add more Apps to it without a software update. It seems like it's in a good place for the foreseeable future. It supports Bluetooth for keyboards to control it. The only tech that I can see it possibly needing updates for is wifi hardware, but that's not urgent enough to put out another version.

I don't fucking understand how I get an account a week banned for making valid discussion points, yet brain dead morons like this are allowed to reign free.

I guess it's because both them and the editor/writing team are all brain dead morons.

The ways of Ars are mysterious. I once got troll modded, and the independent lab I set the post to for analysis could not detect a single particle of trolling. They did detect an overabundance of snark however.

The only consistency I've noticed is that they are tolerable of Apple trolling, but the moment you troll Android, you'll get moderated and banned faster than you can say "Android is malware"

The fastest way to get banned is to make jokes on climate change posts. That there is an unforgiving environment, that is.

I don't fucking understand how I get an account a week banned for making valid discussion points, yet brain dead morons like this are allowed to reign free.

I guess it's because both them and the editor/writing team are all brain dead morons.

The ways of Ars are mysterious. I once got troll modded, and the independent lab I set the post to for analysis could not detect a single particle of trolling. They did detect an overabundance of snark however.

The only consistency I've noticed is that they are tolerable of Apple trolling, but the moment you troll Android, you'll get moderated and banned faster than you can say "Android is malware"

I once troll modded myself. It was only afterward I realized no one would get it because they couldn't see the post. The best comedy happens in the dark.

I don't fucking understand how I get an account a week banned for making valid discussion points, yet brain dead morons like this are allowed to reign free.

I guess it's because both them and the editor/writing team are all brain dead morons.

The ways of Ars are mysterious. I once got troll modded, and the independent lab I set the post to for analysis could not detect a single particle of trolling. They did detect an overabundance of snark however.

The only consistency I've noticed is that they are tolerable of Apple trolling, but the moment you troll Android, you'll get moderated and banned faster than you can say "Android is malware"

The fastest way to get banned is to make jokes on climate change posts. That there is an unforgiving environment, that is.

i think thats an instance where i got banned once. I yelled at conspiracy theorists.but like you said, in the grand scheme of things banning doesn't really matter.

The fastest way to get banned is to make jokes on climate change posts. That there is an unforgiving environment, that is.

Asking simple, honest questions, even from the popular perspective, gets you downvote bombed on threads like that. I just avoid them now. It's why I openly criticize the system and people who downvote based on opinion. It's cowardly and stifling.

I got lots of downvotes asking what Twitter meant by controlling "abuse" back on that thread. People got angry and trotted out *their* "obvious" definition, which is utterly meaningless when the subject was *Twitter's* definition. Just yesterday Dick Costello of Twitter said the same things about how it's not easy to draw the line. They get lots of abuse complaints, but a many of them are just differing opinions on politics or whatnot.

I just want an updated AppleTV. I want a 2nd one but I keep waiting for the next refresh that never seems to happen.

I waited a year for the refresh and then went ahead and bought the existing version. I am satisfied with the purchase. It does everything I need, if not everything I might wish.

I already have one that works great, I don't need another one but it would be convenient to have a 2nd one. At this point I'm just patiently waiting and hoping some of the rumors end up being true.

What would you refresh in an AppleTV though? It can serve the highest quality content that iTunes has right now, and Apple has the ability to add more Apps to it without a software update. It seems like it's in a good place for the foreseeable future. It supports Bluetooth for keyboards to control it. The only tech that I can see it possibly needing updates for is wifi hardware, but that's not urgent enough to put out another version.

The ability to only confirm your cable subscription once instead of every app doing it on its own individually.

Search video content across apps instead of each doing it on its own individually.

Better/any notifications. Better integration with iPhones and iPads aside from just Airplay and the Remote app. Continuity exists for iOS and Mac OS X, but AppleTV is out in the cold.

A little more variety in the app layouts instead of each app having nearly the same layout.

I'm very excited about the Apple Watch, my only concern is how they're going to manage the queues. I don't want to camp for 3 days in Palo Alto just to buy one of 5 million units. With such a low number I wonder if they'll even allocate any for the online store or if they're going to completely feed the media bonanza of people camping out a week in advance.

I just want an updated AppleTV. I want a 2nd one but I keep waiting for the next refresh that never seems to happen.

I waited a year for the refresh and then went ahead and bought the existing version. I am satisfied with the purchase. It does everything I need, if not everything I might wish.

I already have one that works great, I don't need another one but it would be convenient to have a 2nd one. At this point I'm just patiently waiting and hoping some of the rumors end up being true.

What would you refresh in an AppleTV though? It can serve the highest quality content that iTunes has right now, and Apple has the ability to add more Apps to it without a software update. It seems like it's in a good place for the foreseeable future. It supports Bluetooth for keyboards to control it. The only tech that I can see it possibly needing updates for is wifi hardware, but that's not urgent enough to put out another version.

Great question, honestly I can't think of anything it needs (which is probably why it's not getting a yearly refresh). I would like to see it gain some ability to stream direct from a device (similar to airdrop with a peer to peer connect). I think the game rumors and wireless capability rumors have been the only thing making me wait, just to see what they do.

I'm hoping for three things. In order of reality:1. Update on the Mac Pro2. Another refresh on the mac mini (one with a beefier quad core i7)3. Something in between the Mac Pro and Mini that is headless. (xMac)